Device for sorting horseshoe-nails



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W. M. STONE 85H. DUND'AS.

DEVICE FOR SORTING HORSE-SHOE NAILS.

No. 355,109. Y 1 Patented Dec. 28, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. STONE AND HENRY DUNDAS, OF KEESEVILLE, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR SORTING HORSESHOE-NAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,109, dated December28, 1886.

Application filed November 5, 1886. Serial No. 218,052. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM M. STONE and HENRY DUNDAS, both ofKeeseville, in the counties of Essex and Clinton and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Device for Sorting Horseshoe-Nails, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improved device forsorting long and short horseshoe-nails rapidly and accurately.

The invention consists of a ring revolving on a block and provided withrecesses, of an adjustable stationary cam attached to the said block,and of a bent arm for separating the nails and leading them to adischarge-opening in the block.

v The invention also consists of various parts and details, andcombinations of the same, as

will be described hereinafter,and then pointed out in the claims. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a'plan view of ourimprovement. Fig. 2 is an elevation of thesame with part of the ring broken away. Fig. 3 is asectional sideelevation of the same on the lines x w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side viewof the same in part.

The circular stationary block A is provided with the annular recess B,in which is 'fitted the ring 0, having recesses D on its inner edge,which extend a short distance beyond the rim of the block A, having therecess E, forming a pocket, E. A cam, F, is held on the rim of the blockA, and is vertically ad j ustable by a set-screw, G, and is providedwith a rabbet, F, near the rim of the block A.

To the upper edge of the rim of the block A, near the pocket E, isattached the outwardlybent arm H, which curves downwardly and has itslower pointed end a short distance above the center of the cam F. Aspring, J is held to the upper edge of the rim of the block, and extendstoward the arm H and rests with its free end on the inner edge of thering 0.

The operation'is as follows: The ring 0 is revolved on its bearing B inany suitable manner, either by hand or by power, in the direccesses Dreach the recess E of the block A..

The heads of the nails I"rest on the ring 0, and thus support the nail.As soon as the nails I reach the cam F, then the short nails, which donot touch thecam F, remain in their vertical position and pass betweenthe spring J and the arm H into the recess E, and drop out of therecesses D in the ring as soon as they reach the pocket E, the arm Hoperating as a cam to force them out. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The rabbetFin the cam F permits of setting the cam high enough, so that all thenails which are too long to pass over perpendicularly will be thrown outsufliciently to pass entirely clear of the arm H. The longer nails comewith their lower ends in contact with the cam F, and are thrown into aninclined position, as shown in Fig. 4, and pass to the out side of thearm H, and remain in their support on the ring 0 by the action of thespring J. When the long nails have passed the arm H, they are thenremoved from the ring. Thus .it will be seen that all the short nailsdrop out of the ring 0 when coming to the pocket E, while the longernails remainin the ring, and are thus separated from the short ones. Thecam F can be raised or lowered, according to the length of the nails tobe sorted.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a revolving ring having recesses for carryingnails, a block for supporting said ring and having a recess or pocketfor the discharge of short nails, a cam for throwing the shanks of thelong ones out of a perpendicular or vertical position, an arm acting asa cam to force the short ones out of the recesses in the ring, and aspring to retain the heads or necks of the long ones in position whilepassing the pocket provided for the discharge of the short ones,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a revolving ring having recesses, of a blocksupporting the said ring and having a recess forming a pocket, anadjustable cam having a rabbet and held on the said block, a bent armextending downwardly, and a spring to hold the short nail in place untilit reaches the said pocket, substanrim of the block, and the spring J,fastened to tially as described. the block and extending along the upperend 3. The combination, with a revolving ring of the-rim of the block,in combination with having recesses, of a block supporting the said thering 0, having the recesses D, substanr 5 5 ring, a cam,a bent armextending downwardly, tially as described.

and a spring extending to the said arm to hold the nails in place,substantially as described.

4. The block A, provided with the recess B,

and the recess E, forming the pocket E, the Witnesses:

to vertically-adjustable cam F, having the rabbet CHARLES F. BERo,

F, the outwardly-bent arm H, secured to the GEO. -W. THOMPSON.

